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Let’s Talk about Half Marathon Training

In 2013, the half marathon was America’s most popular race distance. With an estimated 1.85 million finishers, it continues to grow year over year. Not only are the number of participants increasing, but the number of races has grown as well.

Last year there were 30 inaugural half marathons across the country. Six of them had 5,000 plus runners, and the largest (Portland’s Rock ‘n’ Roll) had over 11,000. In Minnesota alone, there are 52 half marathons!

It’s likely that YOU will want to race a half marathon at some point this year. Tonight, we’re going to talk about some of the best ways to train for your first, or fastest half marathon.

Special Guest

Tonight we’ll be joined by Antonio Vega – elite runner and coach with Zoom Performance. He’ll help answer some of your training questions, as well as provide tips for your races.

As with most twitter chats, our conversation will be all over the place, but we’ll try to focus on things like;

The best way to train for your first half.

Local half marathons to set a PR.

Differences between half and full marathon training.

Differences between half marathon training and other race distances.

What you focus on during half marathon training.

Fueling for a half marathon.

Common mistakes.

As always, we’ll have our experts weight in, but count on you, the amazing Minneapolis Running community to help provide content for our discussion.

Nathan started running when he was 14. 20+ years later, he's still going. When he's not running, he enjoys exploring the city with his son, finding new restaurants with his wife, traveling, or backpacking. He loves dark beer, dark chocolate, and dark coffee.Nathan currently lives in Portland, Oregon, but works in Minneapolis and runs wherever he is. Favorite Minnesota running route is anything that takes him along the Mississippi River.
Race Results.Nathan's day job is a Consultant with Leadership Vision in Downtown Minneapolis.

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